Heel-breasting apparatus.



E. J. WILKS & W. J. DREY.

HEEL BRBASTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.16,1914.

1,125,239. Patented Jan.19,1915.

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EDWARD J. WILKS AND WILFRED J. DREY, OF CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

HEEL-BREASTING APPARATUS.

Application filed March 16, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, EDWARD J. WILKs and VVILFRED J. DREY, citizens of the United States, residing at Carlisle, in the county of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heel-Breasting Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to shoe machinery and especially to means for holding and guiding a shoe during the cutting or shaping of the breast of the heel.

The invention has for its object to provide a holder for the shoe which may be easily handled to bring the breast of the heel in contact with a rotary cutter or knife, such holder being adapted to interchangeably carry guides of different shapes or contours designed to cooperate with the cutter shaft for giving the breast of the heel various contours as maybe desired on different styles of shoes.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute a part of this specification, and then more specifically defined in the claims at the end of the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used throughout the several views to designate corresponding parts: Figure 1 is a front elevation of the holder and attached guides as constructed in accordance with our invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, the position of the shoe on the holder being indicated in dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the holder, showing its relation to the cutter in operation and also illustrating how said holder may be supported on the frame of the cutter machine,

cutter in operative position.

As illustrated in the drawings, the holder consists of a standard A adjustably mounted on a base B, as by the screw threaded connection a. On either side of said standard links or rods C are pivotally attached to the base, and to the upper ends of said links a yoke D is pivotally connected, said yoke, when extended, projecting beyond the end of the standard far enough to permit the placing of a shoe between them as illustrated in Fig. 2. The standard may be withdrawn to some extent .by screwing it into its socket a in the base, to permit the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 19, 1915.

Serial No. 825,128.

shoe to be placed on the end of the standard upside down and the bottom of the heel to be engaged with the yoke D. The latter is provided with burs or pins 03 for securely holding the heel when the standard is pro- ]ected by turning the same outward in its socket to clamp the shoe firmly to the holder. It is to be understood that any form of clamping mechanism whereby the shoe is clamped between the member D and the holder, in proper position for the operation of heel breasting, may be utilized and that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular form of clamping mechanism herein shown and described as any other preferred form may-be utilized.

To the yoke D the guides E are detachably fastened by bolts 6 or their equivalent. One of these guides is placed on each side ofthe yoke, so that the space between them is considerably greater than the width of the heel and the length of the blades of the cutter F, as clearly indicated in Figs. 3 and 4. The guides may consist of plates having fingers e and 6 the former extending upwardly and having their inner edges curved or shaped to determine the contour of the breast of the heel, while the latter fingers extend forwardly and are turned upward to some extent in order to protect the arch of the sole from being engaged by the cutter.

In operation, the holder having the shoe clamped thereto as described and indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, is brought into the position shown in Fig. 3, the inner edges of the fingers c of the guides engaging the shaft f of the cutter at either side of the blades thereof. The holder is gradually moved upward and forward, keeping the inner edges of said fingers e of the guides always against the cutter shaft, until the breast of the heel has been cut out to conform to the contour of said inner edges of said fingers of the guides. In order to cut.

a different shape of heel breast, it is. only necessary to substitute another pair of guides having their fingers of the desired contour, and repeat the operation as described.

In Fig. 3 we have illustrated one way in i from the hands of the operator to a considerable degree. The connection shown consists of a double strap hinge G connected at one end to the base B and at the other end to a portion of the frame H of the cutter.

In order to insure the guides E engaging the shaft of the cutter in proper relation to said cutter, stop collars K may be secured to said shaft at either side of the cutter, as illustrated in Figs, 3 and i, said collars having flanges 70 adapted to come in contact with the guides and hold them in the desired operative position.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A hoider of the character described consisting of means to support a shoe, means for clamping the shoe thereto in position to present the breast of the heel to a cutter, and means adapted to contact with the shaft of a cutter for guiding the breast of the heel to said cutterfor shaping said heel breast to conform to said guiding means.

2. A holder of the character described, having means for clamping a shoe thereto and means adapted to contact with the shaft of a cutter for guiding the breast of the heel of the shoe to a cutter for shaping said heel breast to conform to the guiding means and for protecting the arch of the sole of the shoe from being engaged by the cutter.

3. A holder of the character described having means for attaching a shoe thereto and means for guiding the breast of the heel of the shoe to a cutter for shaping said heel breast to conform to the guiding means, and for protecting the arch of the sole of the shoe from being engaged by the cutter, said guiding means being detachably connected to the holder whereby various shapes of guides may be interchangeably used to produce heel breasts of difierent contours.

4. A holder of the character described consisting of means to support a shoe, means for clamping a shoe thereto in position to present the breast of the heel to a cutter, and a pair of guides attached to the sides of said clamping means and designed to guide the breast of the heel of the shoe to said cutter for shaping said heel breast to conform to said guides.

5. A holder of the character described comprising means for clamping a shoe thereto and a pair of guides of similar contour attached to the sides of said clamping means and designed to guide the breast of the heel of the shoe to a cutter for shaping said heel breast to conform to the contour of said guides and to protect the arch of the sole of the shoe from being engaged by the cutter.

6. A holder of the character described comprising means for clamping a shoe thereto and a pair of guides of similar contour detachably secured to opposite sides of the clamping means and designed to guide the breast of the heel of the shoe to a cutter for shaping said heel breast to conform to the contour of said guides and to protect the arch of the sole of the shoe from being engaged by the cutter.

7. A holder of the character described consisting of a standard to support a shoe, a yoke cooperating with the standard to clamp a shoe to the holder, and guides attached to the sides of the yoke and adapted to contact with the shaft of a cutter for determining the contour of the breast of the heel of the shoe,

8. A holder of the character described consisting of a standard to support a shoe, a yoke pivoted to swing with respect to the standard to facilitate the attachment of the shoe, said standard being adjustable to clamp the shoe between it and the yoke, and guides attached to the yoke for the purpose specified.

9. A holder of the character described consisting of a base, a standard adjustably connected to said base, links pivotally connected to the base and terminating near the end of the standard, a yoke pivotally connected to the ends of said links for holding a shoe on the standard, and guides attached to the yoke for the purpose specified.

10. A holder of the character described having means for clamping a shoe thereto and guides to contact with the shaft of a cutter for determining the contour of the breast of the heel of the shoe, said guides having two fingers, one for guiding the breast of the heel to the cutter and the other for protecting the arch of the sole of the shoe from being engaged by said cutter.

11. The combination with a rotary cutter and support therefor, of a shoe holder hinged to said support, and means on said holder for guiding the breast of the heel of the shoe to the cutter for shaping said heel breast to conform to said guiding means.

12. The combination with a rotary cutter having shaft portions extending at either end thereof, of a shoe holder having guides to engage said shaft portions for determining the contour of the breast of the heel, and stops on said shaft portions for holding said guides in proper position relative to the cutter.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

EDWARD J. WILKS. WILFRED J. DREY. Witnesses:

C. M. LIGGETT, S. J. MiNN'rsH.

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